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RE: 7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge - European Thursday week #90 - the absolute winner takes 200 SBD!
São Miguel is one of the nine islands of Açores. It is a volcanic island with amazing nature! You can find tea plantations, huge pastures, lagoons, thermal pools... plenty to see! Here, a view of the landscape on the way up to one of the lagoons.
Açores have been constantly climbing up my travel list. I imagine they can be similar to the Canary Islands or Madeira in a way but should be less touristy, which is a huge asset for me. How much time did you spend there my friend?
A little bit less than a week. Açores are A LOT more greener than Canary Islands! Only been in São Miguel, but most of the other island are even less touristic and well worth a visit too. Low cost airlines started to fly there a couple a years ago, so tourism is going up, but still rather under the radar. You should definitely visit, especially if you like nature! Just hope you have better luck with the weather than me! :)
I actually did a bit of research on the interent already and I am very impressed. It looks like exactly what I need. The nature, the isolation, the climate... I just haven´t found much info about the prices (rents, food etc.) I might first do a little exploration trip there :) Thanks for your info man :)
It is just amazing. Add great diving and whale watching to your list. Prices are in line with mainland Portugal, cheaper than Lisboa. If you end up going and need some advice, feel free to drop me a message!
Thanks! I might do that :)